The greatest scourge of modern man is the need to accumulate great wealth in a life time . This pressure driven by modern economics and the desire by politics' , to grow their economy's at a round 5% per year is insurmountably and destructive to their communities, resulting great hardship for many and to criminal behaviour for some .when they crave the materiel thing they are told from the cradle they need and must have .the resent example people in sports etc need to get to the very pinnacle of their profession . Not for ego reasons but for much worse reasons, they become caught up in the greed machine of big business who pay very well for the use of their fame , they are not important only their fame to feed the corporate machines. The need acquire great wealth though their endeavour leads to the roads of destruction of their body and minds though the use of drugs, the companies who acquire wealth though their destruction, do not care they simply move to the next person, leave great destruction in their wake. This is also true in other areas of high flyers , were the drive to get to the top is so great cause destruction of self (loss of integrity ,honesty and empathy .Often their family suffering the loss of the Presence of one or more parent . So the great scourge of modern society is money and material thing drive by big business and governments.It become a bogeyman chasing his tail